Talk:Daphnis (moon)
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[edit] Name
In Liddell & Scott, Greek nominative daphnis, genitive daphnidos: bayberry, bay-tree (laurel tree).
"Daphnis" (daf'-nis) is cognate with the name Daphne (daf'-nee), Greek daphnê, the nymph named after the laurel tree. There does not appear to be an adjectival form of Daphnis in English, but the regular derivation would be from the Greek genitive, so we could expect Daphnidian (daf-nid'-ee-un). The English adjectival form of Daphne in the dictionaries, by contrast, is "Daphnean" (daf'-nee-un), from Greek daphnaios, Latin daphnæus.
kwami 22:31, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] discovery date
Just wondering what is the usual convention used among all these satellites for the discovery date? The date of publication or date of first observation? For example Daphnis here, has the publication date in the infobox. Deuar 22:54, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
